“Radical Wolfe,” a deeply personal and illuminating look at the life of journalist Tom Wolfe, opens at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Sept. 29.
Continuing is “Passages” and “Lola.”
From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central to American Life was unique in fiction and non-fiction.
With a distinctive and oft-imitated style all his own, Wolfe’s body of work includes some of the most memorable and culturally impactful stories of the 20th century such as “The Right Stuff,” “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and “A Man in Full.” “Radical Wolfe” is a deeply personal and illuminating look at the man inside the famous white suit, featuring conversations and interviews with those who knew him best, including Michael Lewis, Gay Talese, Lynn Nesbit, Terry McDonell, Tom Junod, Christopher Buckley, Niall Ferguson and Alexandra Wolfe.
“Radical Wolfe” is not rated and is showing at the Ross through Oct. 12.
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